How many syllables in banana?

There are 3 syllables in the word banana.

How to pronounce banana:

banana (noun):: an elongated usually tapering tropical fruit with soft pulpy flesh enclosed in a soft usually yellow rind; any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits.

abaca

banana tree

dwarf banana

edible banana

genus musa

herb

herbaceous plant

japanese banana

manila hemp

musa

musa acuminata

musa basjoo

musa paradisiaca

musa paradisiaca sapientum

musa textilis

plantain

egg

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